Name of school followed by coach name, record at school, and first season.

LTU: Cumbie 19-31 2021 (CUSA)
MU: Gibson 05-07 2025
ODU: Rahne 30-33 2020
GSU: McGee 04-20 2024
ASU: Jones 26-37 2021
GS: Helton 27-25 2022
USA: Applewhite 11-14 2024
App: Loggains 05-08 2025
TU: Parker 12-14 2024
ULM: Vincent 08-16 2024
ULL: Desormeaux 28-25 2022
JMU: Napier 0-0 2026 (40-12 ULL)
CCU: Beard 0-0 2026
USM: Anderson 0-0 2026 (51-37 ASU)

Do you consider your coach to be on a cold (safe), warm (could go either way) or hot (he will be gone after this season if things don't improve) seat?

This is honestly kinda depressing. Are Helton and Des the only coaches with a winning record? Our conference makes some dumb*** hires.

(07-02-2026 06:11 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  This is honestly kinda depressing. Are Helton and Des the only coaches with a winning record? Our conference makes some dumb*** hires.

I kinda thought the same thing but could also be that our teams are fairly evenly matched so we are beating up on each other thereby keeping numbers skewed towards the negative. And, as you alluded, could also mean that some coaches need to be changed.

Probably gone after this year: McGee

Probably should've already been let go: Jones, Des, Helton, Cumbie

Not sure: Rahne, Vincent

Will be on hot seat (at least with fans) after this year: Loggains, Gibson, Applewhite

(07-02-2026 06:11 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  This is honestly kinda depressing. Are Helton and Des the only coaches with a winning record? Our conference makes some dumb*** hires.

I remember when we fired Chad Lunsford for going 26-17 over 4 seasons because our AD at the time said that wasn’t the GS standard. Now that AD is long gone and we’re stuck with a coach whose contract auto-renews at the end of each season regardless of his record…

The number of fans pleased with Jones at stAte are few. Attendance figures are a direct reflection.

(07-02-2026 06:25 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Will be on hot seat (at least with fans) after this year: Gibson

There seems to be quite a bit of excitement and enthusiasm around the Herd this year. He's returning what should be the league's top offense, and he brought back in Brad Lambert (who had the nation's top scoring defense the last time he was here at DC). The Herd improved alot last year once Gibson took over defensive playcalling. With how his predecessor completely destroyed the roster, I think the fanbase seems to have given him a free pass for last year - but I do think he is expected to be legitimately competitive this year.

(07-02-2026 06:03 PM)islandTROYtrojan Wrote:  Name of school followed by coach name, record at school, and first season.

LTU: Cumbie 19-31 2021 (CUSA)
MU: Gibson 05-07 2025
ODU: Rahne 30-33 2020
GSU: McGee 04-20 2024
ASU: Jones 26-37 2021
GS: Helton 27-25 2022
USA: Applewhite 11-14 2024
App: Loggains 05-08 2025
TU: Parker 12-14 2024
ULM: Vincent 08-16 2024
ULL: Desormeaux 28-25 2022
JMU: Napier 0-0 2026 (40-12 ULL)
CCU: Beard 0-0 2026
USM: Anderson 0-0 2026 (51-37 ASU)

Do you consider your coach to be on a cold (safe), warm (could go either way) or hot (he will be gone after this season if things don't improve) seat?

Give Gibson some time, he'll get things back in order...

I think Parker may be in deep trouble if we have a losing season. Not sure our success last year was more of our being the better team or other teams just being so much worse. Hopefully new OC will help. It has been hard to watch the play of our team in the last 2 years. I do know for a fact that several significant supporters are expecting more this year. Quite a few were not happy with loss to JSU in Montgomery last year. JSU rivalry was before my time but many more seasoned fans were actually very angry with Parker due to the loss. Another issue may also be how long it takes before our starting QB gets hurt again which could really make things more difficult. I don't believe he has completed a season yet.

(07-03-2026 06:51 AM)islandTROYtrojan Wrote:  I think Parker may be in deep trouble if we have a losing season. Not sure our success last year was more of our being the better team or other teams just being so much worse. Hopefully new OC will help. It has been hard to watch the play of our team in the last 2 years. I do know for a fact that several significant supporters are expecting more this year. Quite a few were not happy with loss to JSU in Montgomery last year. JSU rivalry was before my time but many more seasoned fans were actually very angry with Parker due to the loss. Another issue may also be how long it takes before our starting QB gets hurt again which could really make things more difficult. I don't believe he has completed a season yet.

A lot of good points in that post. If I recall correctly, Troy only beat one team with a winning record last year and the admins know that. Getting skunked by ODU was awful and I could have never imagined ever losing to JSU in football again, but Parker somehow pulled it off on a national stage. I think Parker's seat is warmer than it appears to the general public.

Vincent’s seat is ice cold

(07-03-2026 07:53 AM)TrojansOneandAll Wrote:  

(07-03-2026 06:51 AM)islandTROYtrojan Wrote:  I think Parker may be in deep trouble if we have a losing season. Not sure our success last year was more of our being the better team or other teams just being so much worse. Hopefully new OC will help. It has been hard to watch the play of our team in the last 2 years. I do know for a fact that several significant supporters are expecting more this year. Quite a few were not happy with loss to JSU in Montgomery last year. JSU rivalry was before my time but many more seasoned fans were actually very angry with Parker due to the loss. Another issue may also be how long it takes before our starting QB gets hurt again which could really make things more difficult. I don't believe he has completed a season yet.

A lot of good points in that post. If I recall correctly, Troy only beat one team with a winning record last year and the admins know that. Getting skunked by ODU was awful and I could have never imagined ever losing to JSU in football again, but Parker somehow pulled it off on a national stage. I think Parker's seat is warmer than it appears to the general public.

Yep. As far as I know there has been no contract extension heading into his third year and we are paying him a million bucks per year. A bright spot is this recruiting class is one of the better on paper (2nd in G6 behind Boise I think). His rear will be burned to a crisp if he is unable to do great things with it.

Troy had an excellent season across many sports last year. Baseball to the CWS and basketball to the NCAA tournament both as SBC champions. Football and women’s basketball made it to the championship game but lost. That’s a huge year.

Hard to believe your football coach is on the hot seat after leading the team into the championship game. Troy didn’t have much on offense yet managed to be down only 17-14 going into the fourth quarter against a very good JMU team. Troys defense was one of the best we faced all season. One or two big plays and Troy wins that game. I find it hard to believe his seat is anywhere near warm.

I am impressed with Troy athletics. It’s one of the best if not the best in the SBC.

Parker’s seat is warm… it was hot last year before being able to get to the championship game and bowl.

Another under 7 win season and they will probably move on from him. He was feeling the heat enough that he had to move on from his OC after winning the west. We expect more

Jones has about mediocred us to death.

He was a big name re-tread that hasn’t done much for you guys. Kind of disappointing. Arkansas State has excellent facilities and good support.

Loggains needs a hot start

It’s hard to say Applewhite currently has a warm seat, but it could get warm with a mediocre 2026 season. I lifted this quote from an interview this spring that shows the challenges we had with our 2025 season:

The big part was just obviously getting the coaching staff together, you know, and acquiring players knowing that there’s not going to be a spring portal, which is huge. You know, when you lose your starting quarterback, starting right tackle, both starting corners, staring outside linebackers, and starting defensive linemen in the month of May it gets hard to replace those guys. So that’s been a great part of being able to have these guys for, you know, continuous months together, kind of build our identity a little bit as a team, come together as a team, go through practice without wondering who’s going to be there, who’s not going to be there; giving your backup minimal reps in the spring and then losing your starter, you know all those things, just, you know, the target didn’t move as much. So it’s been a great, great time.
- Coach Major Applewhite

4 wins and 20 losses...omg

I honestly didn't think that Troy was going to fire Uncle Fester and then they did after year 3. I think Troy would pull the trigger after year 3 with Parker if he has a losing record. I think Kyle George would do a good job handling the situation and heading up a coaching search. That being said, Troy is hosting the SBC this year and it will be a rematch with JMU. I think JMU wins in the regular season and then Troy wins the SBC.